Lucy wrote: > 2009/6/27 John <jake...@sky.com>: > >> I run a website, and there's about 2.5 gigs of information on there. The >> whole lot got deleted and the hackers put a picture of advertising who >> they were. I have managed to get the host to restore as much as they can >> back, well, they way they are trying to. >> >> What is worrying me, is the password was a really strong password, 100 >> strong according to the password generator, and I was wondering, how >> they managed to get in. >> > > Did you run any popular software, like Wordpress or phpBB? Otherwise, > did you have a dynamic website using php or similar? > > Did you run FTP or ever type the password using an unsecured > connection (e.g HTTP). > > Was it shared hosting or on a dedicated server? > > Yes I do have both Wordpress and phpbb3 installed. I dont use the ftp via web connection, but via Filezilla. It is shared hosting. I cant afford any other. :(
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